Actress Kaylee Hottle died at the age of 18 following a car crash in Maryland on Tuesday morning, July 21. Her father, Joshua Hottle, told TMZ. BBC reported that police in Frederick, Maryland, said the vehicle crash was caused by “excessive speed.

Kaylee Hottle died from blunt force trauma ... TMZ has confirmed.

Hottle, who was deaf, played orphan Jia, who connects with the monster over American Sign Language in her movie with Brown.